Teens Who Started Using Cannabis Showed Slower Growth in Memory and Attention, a New Study Reports

 Teens Who Started Using Cannabis Showed Slower Growth in Memory and Attention, a New Study Reports

A study following 11,036 US children found that teens who began using cannabis gained memory and thinking skills more slowly than peers who did not.

Teenagers who began using cannabis improved more slowly in memory, attention, language, and processing speed than peers who did not, according to an analysis of 11,036 children followed from ages 9 a…